Submit to Our New Anthology:

STRANGER HARVESTS

Submission Dates: 7/1/2026 until 10/1/2026                                                         

To be published on Samhain

Our autumn-season anthology seeks the strange, the uncanny, and the cosmic in the traditions of sword & sorcery, weird fiction, and dark fantasy. There is no limit on time period or setting, from centuries past to brave new futures.

We are particularly interested in:

Sword & Sorcery: Mythic adventure and old magic. Doomed wanderers, vicious curses, rotting kingdoms, and warranted violence. Comps: Karl Edward Wagner's Kane stories, Conan, Berserk, Elric of Melniboné, Red Sonja, the paintings of Frank Frazetta and Sanjulián.

Weird Fiction: Liminal places, impossible ecologies, half-seen deities, and a palpable dread. Comps: Clark Ashton Smith, Annihilation, the films of Panos Cosmatos, the paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński, the alien biology of Wayne Barlowe.

Dark Fantasy: Autumnal dread, haunted nostalgia, and the small private apocalypse of a single life. Comps: Ray Bradbury's The October Country, Guillermo del Toro, Kelly Link, Nathan Ballingrud, the illustrations of Joe Mugnaini and Edward Gorey, Dungeon synth music.

A Note: These traditions are siblings, and we welcome when they bleed into one another. If your piece resists easy labeling, you’re in the right place. Send it.

We are not seeking:

romantasy, cozy fantasy, straight horror, straight sci-fi, splatterpunk, or conventional epic quest narratives

We accept:

•        One (1) short prose piece, up to roughly 1000 words. No format or form restrictions.

•        One (1) poem, up to roughly 500 words. No format or form restrictions.

•        Up to two (2) pieces of artwork. No medium or style restrictions. Please list a title and the materials used for each.

How to submit:

Send your work by email to nick@domesticatedprimate.com, with a brief bio (roughly 100 words or less) in the body of the email. Send prose in PDF or Word format and images as PNG or highest-quality JPG. We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.

Where to find the anthology:

e-books of the anthology will be made freely available to all and will be hosted at ANOMALY POETRY’s website.

paperback copies of the anthology will be made available for purchase, the link will be shared publicly on date of publication.